Mag pouch should be worn on your right front side and your bayonet on the left front side. Nice to see someone younger showing interest in a much forgotten piece of military history. Keep it up.👍
Hi, the gas mask pouch was also worn on the left instead of the right hip, somehow it looks like the video is shown mirrored left/right... 🤔 ah, the badge on the winter hat is the officer‘s version, simple grunts had only the inner round on the hat, w/o the oak leafs around as GDR native I am impressed how much our stuff is now collected and thus acknowledged by western militaria collectors
@@ArnoldderAntagonist ultra short hair was not allowed in the NVA, as ultra short haircuts were associated with nato, here’s a photo from the nva manual circa 81 about allowed haircuts i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff139/ComradeKazimir/CIMG0310.jpg
Good job presenting an era that is not often covered (GDR). We see a lot of WW1 and WW2 reenactments and presentations on here, but not too often with the GDR stuff. I have a number of original WW1, WW2, along with some East German uniforms, helmets, belts and other gear. Some of the GDR stuff is unissued.
A lot better from last time, very nice. Gas mask bag would usually be on the left and magazine pouch on the right, but hey, maybe you're doing an impression of a left handed DDR soldier
@@Trooper-tr6zi Like he said, you can put together a utv kit and then use something like an hk33 for an interesting and relatively modern "what if" diensteinheit 9 loadout
You appear to have most of the kit on the wrong side. Looping around the belt from the right side to left should be Mag pouch, shovel, water bottle, gasmask, bayonet. Tip - have the bayonet frog to the left of the Y-strap so it doesn't want to whack you balls as you run (well, as much - learnt that from some Ex-NVA guys) and try to hook the rear strap so it stops the shovel looping around to the right (as it did on display to me last reenactment)
…Ich bin Stolz darauf in dieser Armee gedient zu haben “A. B. 4 Bad Salzungen-1980-bis 89”…Da Werden erinnerungen wach auf sehr Stolz die Ehemalige DDR Einfach Toll!!! 🇩🇪🇷🇺🇩🇪🇷🇺🇩🇪🇷🇺🇩🇪!!!
With that gear it is quite easy to see NVA as successor to Wehrmacht. Uniform has too many similarities to Wehrmach-era uniform in styling and equipment. Beautiful showing of obscure piece of military history.
The demonstration of the "Zeltbahn" wasn't correct in all respects: 1. The folding triangle on the back must be folded inwards to prevent water from accumulating when it rains. 2. There should be a second rope above the rope on your shoulder. This is used to make a hood. 3. The “Zeltbahn” has many other uses: you can fold it up into a sleeping bag, and you can use it with sticks to build a (one-man) tent out of it. Or you can use the buttons to put it together with other "Zeltbahnen" to make larger tents. You can also fold it into a large bag to carry your belongings.
just the name of your channel is awesome, im literally buying the new W.E tech AK74 GBBR to do old soviet and east german airsoft, fun fact, my oma was born and raised in poland during the cold war until the 70s when the family came over the border
ITS CALLED EIN STRICH KEIN STRICH AND MAG POUCH AND BAYONET IS CHOSEN WICH HAND YOU USE THE GUN LIKE IF YOUR SHOOTING WITH YOUR RIGHT HAND THE MAG POUCH WOUND BE LEFT AND BAYONET RIGHT SO YOU CAN GRAB THE MAG BETTER AND ON THE MAG POUCH THE LITTE THING THERE COMES WEAPON CLEANING THING INTO THAT was writen by a german who served in the nva
I just spotted that your winter hat is not quite right to your shoulder claps because the leafes around the emblem is something for nco‘s, just wanted to tell you but you’ve probably known that already
Hey man just letting you know the grey winter head piece is for officers, the winter head piece you need is the black head wear with the hammer and compass, but good work genosse!
Under the caliber of 7.62 is a curved magazine pouch, not a straight one. direct for 5.45. The bayonet-knife, respectively, is also not for this machine. Change the pouch and the bayonet-knife. Or change the machine to 5.45
Hey, I like what your doing here. Keep the impressions up. I would like to get in private with you to talk about the NVA Landstreitkräfte ranks and structure. This is for an informational graphic I am making, perhaps I could help you in another way if need be. If you are interested, please let me know.
Very cool to make an improved video I think you handled it quite well I know corrections can sometimes be given quite roughly online but this is great to see and hopefully ppl are being nice since you clearly have great interest and care for the subject
it's a shame how difficult it is to source DDR ration packs (K-Portion) for the bread bag, in twenty (ish) years of collecting I've seen one and I've never seen any for sale as far as I know the only pictures even known to exist of them are by one guy on MREinfo.com, Great setup though, the one thing i will say is don't worry baout what's "correct" too much, I've done living history since i was 15 and there's no such thing as a "standard" soldier, even within a unit every man will wear his equipment or uniform slightly differently, the best way to get the rivet counters to shut up is to simply say "I'm portraying the average soldier"
If you ever want to do old Bundeswehr and wear the Fähnchen, always remember that your Finger has to fit between the front end and the beginning of the nosebridge.
Hi can i ask you how are you tall and what size you wear because i can't find my size i am 186 cm i found my size is sg but i don't found it i have problem with lenghts with blouse and pants becaus all what i found is short for me.
The camo BDUs were not worn over the wool service uniforms. In some cases, the border troops would wear the BDUs over a grey collared cotton shirt. But for infantry, a knit cotton long John style underwear set was worn. Semi stretchy sleeved or 2/3rd sleeved white undershirt without a collar. Think like a tanktop with sleeves. The under pants were the same sort of deal, white knit long johns .
When I put on the uniform I wear the NVA cotton thermal set then NVA grey socks underneath. Then I put on the BDU pants then boots (you can put them inside the pants and then button them at the bottom so they don’t come up) then depending if you want suspenders on the trousers sling them on (I own them) then I put on the BDU shirt then Duty belt and side cap for non combat look. But as he does in the video everything is almost spot on beside somethings not worn on the right side for the combat ready look.
@@grantshouse9229 Grant Shouse If you want guys who look like the WH, look at early Bundeswehr troops over on the other side. Leftover stahlhelm, splinter fatigues, zeltbahns, MG42s, etc. The camouflage field uniform, and its designs, have more in common with Soviet/Eastern European uniforms than German. The only somewhat WH like aspect is the style suspension system, which has been used for much longer than just WW2. The wool service uniform is traditional Prussian styles.
i have a question does anyone know what a east German uniform called with zip up pants and non metal buttons as i cant identify my uniform it vary simaler to the strcktarn uniform but not camo?
Most likely a females version of some uniform. More info is needed. What's the color ? What does the size tag say? What features are on it such as leg pockets , visible buttons on the pocket flaps, etc. This would identify it easier.
